Learning to Read
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Sight Words
Asked by M.R. from Los Angeles
on August 13, 2007
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Hello
Is anybody doing sight words with their kindergardner? Any advice on how to teach a 5 yr old her sight words. I want to make it fun. Any advice would be gr...
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- Make "Matching Game" cards on index cards and have her tell you what the word is as you go. You can do both with the word or one with a picture, one with the word. Lik...
- Hi...My son is also 5 and starting kindergarden next week. We do sight words on flash cards. We do them in the bath tub, at bed time and also on car rides. After he ge...
- A very easy way to teach sight words is to point them out while reading your child a book (something, I'm sure you do every day already!) You could make a magic wand ...
Sight Words in Kindergarden
Asked by C.I. from Fort Myers
on February 14, 2012
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Ok.. My grandson is in kindergarden & must know 70 sight words to graduate to 1st grade. He has a list of 120 words & right now. He knows 29 words in the 3 secondon...
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- My son is in kindergarten also. He gets 7-10 sight words to learn per week. They come home on Tuesday in a list. He is supposed to write the word on an index card i...
- My daughter has to know 70 words too, so far she knows about 50. She also has to be able to count to 100 but recognise 1-30.
- I don't have a child that age any more (mine are 10 and 13), but what I would suggest you do, since your grandson knows how to sound the words out, is simply let him p...
Learning Sight Words
Asked by A.W. from Chicago
on July 16, 2011
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I have the list of first grade sight words for my daughter and I want to start working on them with her. I need some suggestions on methods to help her learn them (the...
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- I found a fun game in Family Fun magazine called winter bingo http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/w-i-n-t-e-r-bingo-675087/ Instead of using their list of suggested word...
- Make them into a set of playing cards with two of each. There are lots of games you can play with these. "Go fish" Hide and seek: hurl one member of each card ...
- Use the "Dolch" sight words. This is what my daughter's school uses. Here is the website: http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm It entails, memorization, and you...
Story Building from Sight Words
Asked by S.C. from Houston
on November 14, 2008
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Hi moms,
I'm trying to find a website where I can dump in my daughters current mastered sight words, and have it make up a few stories for her to read. I don't wan...
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- Wow, I want to thank you for asking this question. I read the responses and am elated at the resources I can use for my daugther. Anyway, I didn't have a good resour...
- Very interesting question. I'm very curious too if there is a website to help parents with early readers. Thanks for the question.
- I don't know of any such website, but I sure would be interested in one! I am always just making them up myself!
Reading Phonetic and Sight Workds
Asked by V.D. from Salt Lake City
on October 10, 2011
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I've been teaching my daughter to read using phonics. When do you teach sight words?
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- I started pretty quickly but waited to teach them until age 5.
- They start them in Kinder here so anywhere from late 4 to almost 6 depending on the student.
- My grandson was introduced to them in pre-K, and recognized quite a few words and letter combinations by the time he was 5. There are certain areas of the brain dedic...
WHY Do They Teach Sight Words Instead of Phonics?
Asked by A.C. from Savannah
on August 17, 2011
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Perhaps this is a silly question, but it bothers me. I'm asking here because there are a lot of teachers here, and a lot of moms who have done the "school thing". WHY ...
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- Well my kid's school, uses both.
- My granddaughter was taught sight words first and then learned to the sound them out thing. She's 3 and reads like a 4th grader.
- Are you sure you have the whole story? I haven't heard about any educational systems teaching sight words only. At my grandson's pre-K, they do have a couple of poster...
Helping a 1St Grader Learn Sight Words
Asked by C.G. from Chicago
on September 24, 2009
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Hi! I have a first grader who needs to memorize a list of sight words. (dolch words) They get a list and need to learn the list and then they move on to another list...
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- First to the homeschooling Mom-- our girls do both sight words and phonics. Don't ask me why I don't know. The kids started with sight words in kindergarten now in 1st...
- Sing, sing a long sing the words in a song!
- Hi C.. It sounds like you are already doing some great things to help her. I do memory with my second grade students and they really like it. Try having someone els...
Reading
Asked by K.W. from Cleveland
on August 27, 2010
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My son can read but is very reluctant to when I ask him to sit and read with me. I want to continue to practice with him but don't want him to start disliking it if I ...
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- check into your library. Ours has a program where they bring in a reading dog, kids get an alloted amount of time to read to this sweet service dog, with no judgment ...
- I don't have a website but my son does much better if it's us reading together. I don't if you have tried taking turns. I read a page or two and then he does the same ...
- I am a teacher and a favorite website of mine is www.starfall.com. It is leveled and your son can use it independently after a little practice. I agree not to force it...
Reading
Asked by A.S. from Davenport
on July 21, 2010
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My daughter just turned 3 in June. Last evening she asked me to teach her to read. We were reading bedtime stories when she asked and, of course, she has pretty much...
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- I started reading when I was 3. My dad used to sit with me on his lap and follow the words with his fingers as he read aloud, and I just picked up on it on my own.
- I know it's possible for kids to be reading at 3, but it's also unusual. I think most kids who learn to read at that age read by sight, and not by skill--meaning they ...
- Totally agree w/ Riley. When there's an interest, she will just absorb it on her own. Just read, point to the words if you like... Its great, and then there are a...
Toy Recommends for 3 Year Old Who Is Starting to Sight Read
Asked by J.K. from Chicago
on November 14, 2008
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I'm looking for a great x-mas present for my young 3 year old who is obsessed with letters and is starting to read. Something that will be fun, but encourage reading....
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- Sounds like Tag would be perfect. http://www.leapfrog.com/en/shop/tag_library.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=leap+frog+tag&utm_campaign=Brand&utm_c...
- Not sure if you are looking for books, but there are great "learning to read books" out about Thomas, Diego, Dora...etc. The $100 laptop is available for 2 weeks st...
- We like the basic green Leap Pad (and related Leap Pad Phonics books) for more advanced reading skills. For basic 3-letter word play, we like the magnetic Word Whamme...
